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Let’s Twist Again: A High-Frequency Event-Study Analysis of Operation Twist and Its Implications for QE2 ABSTRACT This paper undertakes a modern event-study analysis of Operation Twist and uses its estimated effects to assess what should be expected for the recent policy of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve, dubbed “QE2.” The paper first shows that Operation Twist and QE2 are similar in magnitude. It then identifies six significant, discrete announcements in the course of Operation

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